This is an exciting opportunity within Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Trauma and Orthopaedics department to recruit a full time Lead Nurse for the Trauma service. This is a role for a clinical leader Nurse role and will facilitate the trauma pathway for all trauma patients from admission to discharge while working alongside the whole Multidisciplinary team. The individual must have a passion and sound knowledge of orthopaedics and be able to take the lead to provide high standards of individualised patient care from planning, assessing and implementing care. This is a multifaceted role that crosses the traditional boundaries between nursing and medicine, which facilitates the trauma process for all trauma patients from their admission to discharge.
The Trauma Practitioner will work closely with the orthopaedic medical teams to provide efficient and effective patient care for trauma patients throughout Northampton General Hospital. The post holder will work in a variety of settings such as the A&E, the Orthopaedic wards and Fracture clinics. The post holder will demonstrate strong clinical assessment skills, clinical leadership and clinical decision making skills. The post holder will work collaboratively with members of the multidisciplinary teams, anaesthetics and theatres to improve patient flow and promote efficient trauma care. The TNP will facilitate efficient care for hip and femoral fractures to achieve BPT and will be involved in Iliac fossa blocks, data collection for the NHFD, research and audit projects. The Trauma service currently runs a 6 day service with the scope to extend to a 7 day rota working on a longer day shift pattern which includes weekend working.
The post holder will be a registered nurse and is required to work autonomously at an advanced level. They will require a qualification in health assessment and clinical examination and require good clinical decision making skills and a commitment to ongoing learning at masters level. A broad knowledge of trauma and orthopaedic or muscular skeletal conditions is essential. A non-medical prescribing qualification would be desirable.
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Key Responsibilities
* To be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Trauma service.
* Use expert knowledge to assess and examine patients in the A&E department.
* Facilitate the admission process by assisting in the requesting of relevant investigations.
* Facilitate fast tracking patients to the trauma wards.
* Coordinate the process for all trauma patients from the A&E to theatre and through to discharge.
* Be proactive within the daily consultant led trauma ward rounds, contributing to the review and treatment planning for all trauma patients.
* Ensure treatment plans are communicated and implemented.
* Liaise with other clinical teams to optimise patients for their surgery.
* Contribute to the planning and organisation of the trauma theatre list.
* Provide an outreach service for outlying patients, including regular review of patients to ensure plan of care is implemented.
* Provide effective planning, coordination and communication within the multidisciplinary team.
* Provide the interface between the clinical trauma service, patients and relatives to explain current treatment plans, delays and cancellations in treatment.
* Provide education information and advice to other professionals, including medical and surgical teams across the Acute Unit, district nurses, GPs, practice nurses, community hospitals and community therapists.
* Take an active role in getting patients with hip fractures to achieve Best Practice Tariff for Hip Fractures.
* Drive the process and be an active part of the audit process, contributing to NHFD and the Harm reviews for hip fractures.
* Participate in audits and contribute to the Surgical site infection data collection.
* Provide support and advice to the junior medical team.
* Participate in both formal and informal teaching for orthopaedic ward staff and outlying ward staff.
* Pursue personal study in professional development and clinical upgrading relating to liaison and discharge planning.
* Management of the trauma team.
Full time post 37.5 hour per week.
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